#C4BA23#C4BA23

#C4BA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.156 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA23
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 82.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -12.04, 69.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 70.97, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0414 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.156 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6291, 46.9766, 8.5170)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA23 #232DC4

analogous

#C46923 #C4BA23 #7EC423

triadic

#C4BA23 #23C4BA #BA23C4

tetradic

#C4BA23 #23C469 #232DC4 #C4237E

square

#C4BA23 #23C469 #232DC4 #C4237E

split-complementary

#C4BA23 #237EC4 #6923C4

monochromatic

#5C5710 #90891A #C4BA23 #DED546 #E7E07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C4BA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C4BA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA23

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA23	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.156 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace6e',
    500: '#c4ba23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba23;
$custom-light: #dace6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.273,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77326,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA23

secondary

#7479CF

accent

#46ED3B

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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